Tag-clip.



A. MoHLLUDJIa TAG CLP.

PATENTED FEB. l2, 1907.

APPLUATION FILED OGT.31,1906.

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Patentes ret. 12, i907.

Y Application tiled October Sl. 'l5-)06. Serial No. 341,383.

.To @ZZ -w/wm it may con/cern.' Be it known that l, ALEXANDER MCCAL-LUM, a citizen ofgthe United States of Arrierica, residing atNorthamptomin the county 5 of Hampshire andv State of Massacl'iusetts,

as fabrics, hosiery, and gloves, for example----A and consists of adouble-armed device having inturned ribs somewhat remote from the openend of said device and arranged so as to i 5 be outof contact with eachother when the arms of the device are brought close togetherv as well aswhen sucharms are widelyy separated, all as hereinafter set forth.

The object of my invention is to provide a 2o simple, inexpensive,reliable, and veffective clip for attaching a tagte' an article whichjitis desired to mark which can be easily and quickly applied to sucharticle, and with equal facility 'can be removed therefrom without therebeing in either case any danger of tearing said article or of pullingapart the fabric of which it consists. l' attain this object/by themeans illustrated in the accom'- panying drawings, in which- 3o F/igure1v is a view of a folded pair of hosehava tag attached thereto by meansof my clip, h ich latteris shown in side elevation; Fig. /2 an edge viewof said clip open; Fig. 3, an

i i edge view of the same closed ,i Fig. 4, an en` larged perspectiveview of the clip; and Fig.

,/ 5, a bottom view of the chp in its open or cirpanded condition asshown in Fig. 2.

. Similar fivures refer' to? similar parts throughout the several views.A 4o The clip should be made out .of ductile metal, so that it will' notonlybe flexible, but will also have sufficient tenacity to enable it tokeep whatever shape may be given it, or, lin other words, to remain'open' or closed -without yielding or vibrating 'Nevertheless the metalmust not beso tenacious as to prevent the clip from .being openedreadily with the fingers. y

' Referring te the drawings, it will be observed 'that the clip consistsof a strip of vmetal bent upon itself to form two arms l and 2,'whichare'providedY on vadjacent sides 1 with'two ribs 3 and 4, such ribsbeingalso formed bynbends in said strip. rlhe ribs?)- and 4 are bothlocated some little distance of the. clip causes it to remain 'open orclose f nbeve the freee'nds of the arms 1 and 2, and

to improvements inI vsaid ribs are so situatedl relative to each otherthat they never come into contact one with the other. IThe object oflocating the ribs somewhat remote from the free ends of the arms is toleave projectingportions and 6' of such arms, which acted upon with thefingers for the 4separation of the arms preparatory `tothe removal I ofthe clip from 'any article. ltermthese parts or portions 5 and 6 ofthearms 1` and 2 fears y v can be conveniently The object in arrangino' theribs -3 and 4 so g that they never touch each other is to provide spacebetween them vfor thefabric which is to be clasped bythe clip, and thusavoid any tendency that the clip might otherwise have to tear or strainsuch fabric.

. It will 'benoticed that the long edges of the lribs 3 and 4 arerounded, which is an additional safeguard against tearing or undulypulling rapart the textile article ienlhichthe clip may e applied.

. ln the first view a pair of hose, folded,

represented at 7, to which a tag 8 is attached by means of my clip, aslot Qbeing cut in. a saidftag-to admit either of the ribs 3 or 4, the

entering rib passing through such slot into engagement-withthe fabricbehind the same, To apply the clip to any article with a tag,

Vfirstv open the clip by separating the arms 1 and 2, if it is not-already'open, insert one edge of the'article between said arms, arrangethe'tag on he front of said article with itsl slot, if it h ve one, inposition to receive the adjacent rib, and press .the arms together,

either by hand crwith a suitable implement.

.With vthe ribs 3 and 4 pressed firmly into the j fabrie,"which latteristightly grasped between adjacent surfacesof the vribs and bel tween therounded edge of each rib and the adjacent surface ofthe opposite arm,the clip is securely attached to said fabric and the tag safely heldinplace thereon.

The clip is detached from `the fabric and the tag removed therefrom bysimply forcing apart the' arms v1 and. 2 with the thumbs or fingersapplied to the ears 5 and 6 to whatever extent may be necessary toenable said clip to free itself or to be freed from the fab-f ric. Tofacilitate opening the clip, I prefer to bend the lower extremitiesofthe ears,5 and 6 outward, substantially as' shown which makes iteasier to get between said rs and the. fabric with the thumbsl pr finers:

As has already been explained, t leductilit IOO as the case may he,until the particular conl leave two projecting portions at the free endsdition is forcibly changed. of the arms and being so arranged relativet0 The shape of the clip may of course be vaeach other as to be spacedapart- When the ried moreor less from that illustrated, and clip isclosed as Well as When it is open, the

5 said clip may be, made in different sizes. Whole being made out ofa'single strip of duci5' .l What l claim as my invention, and. desire ltile metal bent to form the different members. to secure by LettersPatent, is-

ALEXANDER MCCALLUM. A tag-clip consisting of two arms and twolWitnesses: oppositely-disposed transverse interior ribs, IT A. CUTTER,

1o said ribs being so located on said arms as to ALLEN WEBSTER.

